Category Archives: Database of the Month

Archived Webinar: Biography in Context

Join Chris Van Burgh for a look at Biography in Context, especially timely for Black History Month and Women’s History Month. This great tool is a portal to more than 640,000 biographical entries for contemporary and historical figures. It’s a perfect resource for students doing research, one of the many available in GoWYLD.net.

Archived Webinar: Heart Mountain and Wyoming Newspapers

Join Thomas Ivie and Chris Van Burgh for a look at the Heart Mountain Internment Camp exhibit, part of Wyoming Newspapers. In this archived webinar to watch at your leisure, they look at searching in Wyoming Newspapers, as well as a few other resources available in GoWYLD.net.

Database of the Month Webinar Explores Heart Mountain

Incarcerees walking through the barracks with Heart Mountain in the background. Photo courtesy of the American Heritage Center.

Join the Wyoming State Library’s Tom Ivie and Chris Van Burgh for a look at the Heart Mountain Japanese-American Internment Camp digital exhibit, part of Wyoming Newspapers, in our free Database of the Month webinar on Thursday, January 18, from 11:15 a.m. to noon MST. Tom and Chris will look at searching in Wyoming Newspapers, as well as a few other resources available in GoWYLD.net.

Archived Webinar: Find the Magazine. Find the Article.

Are you looking for Bicycling or Smithsonian somewhere in GoWYLD.net? Do you need the full text of an article from Highlights for Children? Is there a patron with an abstract needing to find the magazine? Join Chris Van Burgh for “Find the Magazine. Find the Article,” a webinar using Journals A-Z, the ejournal portal.

Find That Magazine Article in GoWYLD

Are you looking for Bicycling or Smithsonian somewhere in GoWYLD.net? Do you need the full text of an article from Highlights for Children? Is there a patron with an abstract needing to find the magazine? Join Chris Van Burgh, WSL Database Instruction Librarian for Find the Magazine. Find the Article, a webinar on using Journals A-Z, the ejournal portal.

This free webinar will take place at 11:15 a.m. MST on Tuesday, December 12. Register now.

Archived Webinar: Health Resources in GoWYLD

October is Health Literacy Month. In this webinar WSL Database Instruction Librarian Chris Van Burgh looks at the many resources under Health & Medicine, as well as Nursing & Allied Health. The new interface for Health & Wellness Resource Center is part of this exploration of sources in GoWYLD.net. She also checks out a few places for materials and programming ideas.

October is Health Literacy Month. In this webinar we will look at the many resources under Health & Medicine and Nursing & Allied Health. The new interface for Health & Wellness Resource Center will part of this exploration of sources in GoWYLD.net. We will also check out a few places for materials and programming ideas.

Archived Webinar: Mango Languages

Join Chris Van Burgh for a look at Mango Languages. It now has 72 languages, 21 ESL courses, 35 specialty courses and an updated interface. (It’s also time to get ready for Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19.)